The sultanate of Brunei has announced that a new code of laws based on a strict interpretation of Sharia Law will go into effect in six months.
The law allegedly will only be enforced on Muslims.
Brunei already had stricter Islamic laws than many surrounding nations including the banning of alcohol. The new law will allow death by stoning to anyone convicted of adultery and the severing of limbs for theft.
Punishments for consuming alcohol could include public flogging. Ironically, abortion is not considered murder than would only be punished by flogging.
Brunei’s Islamic laws had been limited mostly to family courts as the criminal code has been similar to the country’s days as a British protectorate. The sultan pledged to give judges discretion in sentencing of convicts.
In the latest report of violence against Christians in Pakistan, three Muslim men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion and “forced conversion to Islam”.
Three men in their 30s reportedly entered the home of a large Christian family and forced them all at gunpoint to convert to Islam after spending the evening conducting various tortures. The family is related to a Christian man who was attacked and stabbed to death in a gold market after being accused of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed.
The family had been living in fear since the murder of Boota Masih. They had been refusing to go to work because of concerns Islamic extremists would target them for false claims of blasphemy.
Local police officials reportedly consider one of the three arrested men an Islamic extremist.
The Taliban released a statement last month saying all non-Muslims in Pakistan are their targets.
Police were forced to take action when Muslims threw rocks at Jews visiting the Temple Mount.
Several arrests were made when the attackers began to riot. Continue reading →
MidEast Christian News has released a video recorded April 7th when Muslims attacked a cathedral where Christians were mourning five men killed by a Muslim group.
The video shows men shooting guns, throwing stones and swinging machetes as the Christians carry caskets out of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral while police stand and watch the Islamists attack. At one point in the video, a police officer is shown helping a gunman aim at a courtyard of mourners. Continue reading →
A Muslim man on trial for the murder of his 17-year-old daughter in 2003 has had his wife come forward to claim he’s guilty of the crime.
Farzana Ahmed, also on trial for the killing of Shafilea Ahmed, told prosecutors that her husband Ifitkar attacked their daughter and that she had tried to stop him. After her husband punched and pushed her away, she hid in a bedroom with other children until she heard a car leaving 20 minutes later. Continue reading →
A Muslim soldier was convicted Thursday on six charges related to a terror plot to kill American troops at a Texas restaurant.
Jurors deliberated just over an hour before finding Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo guilty of charges including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. He faces up to life in prison when sentenced in July. Continue reading →
